Ao486 - Debian 5.0 - Issues

[wark91]

I tried to build a VHD with the OS "Debian 5".
Debian 5 is last version with a kernel for i486.
I used this image with lxde windows manager better than gnome for low power.
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdima ... e-CD-1.iso

When I tried to install directly on the mister I have an error during creating the partition.
So I build the VHD below on virtualbox but I have an issue to find /dev/hda1.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hGe6E2 ... sp=sharing

Select 2.26.2-2-486 (single user mode)

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Issue to find /dev/sda1

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I didn't know if it is link to the kernel or something missing in the core.
If anyone have some tips it will be good because linux have also games to be played !

[Reed_Solomon]

well /dev/sda1 would be a scsi/sata/usb drive. IIRC IDE drives were referred to /dev/hda* up until libata was adopted. maybe try changing it to /dev/hda1 and see if it boots?

[wark91]

I checked yesterday without change anything on the VHD. On the initramfs, I don't have any /dev/hda*
I will continue to search how to change libata by IIRC IDE drives.

[Reed_Solomon]

well that version of debian might have libata already so if that's the case then /dev/sda1 would be correct. For some reason the linux install isn't finding the hard drive on /dev/sda1.. but the bootloader is clearly installed. Maybe there's a problem between Linux and the way MiSTer has its drives setup. Not sure what that could be. It could also be that particular version of Linux. You could try booting a small version of Linux from a floppy drive and see if that detects the hard drives so that you could mount them. Something like https://hackaday.com/2020/07/08/the-lat ... -in-a-486/

[wark91]

Good finding will give a try.
I will try also previous version of debian to see if we have better support of Mister.
With Debian 5.0, there is also a error (acpi, PCI, etc ...) after I find a way to boot i will build a dedicated kernel.

[aberu]

What happens when you install using a live iso that isn't based around a specific DE, instead?

https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdima ... andard.iso